by Ari Yares | Jun 28, 2017 | Emotions without Chaos, Preventive Parenting, The Innovative Dad Blog
A parent described a moment many families will recognize. Her daughter came home upset about something that happened at school. Before the daughter had finished the first sentence, the parent had already said, “It’s not a big deal. She probably...
by Ari Yares | Jul 5, 2017 | Start Here, The Innovative Dad Blog
I went grocery shopping the other day and an errand that should have been pretty quick to twice the amount of time I had planned. The culprit? Choice. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a big fan of free will and I believe we should be empowered to make our own...
by Ari Yares | Apr 19, 2018 | Start Here, The Innovative Dad Blog
For most people, the word wicked conjures images of evil villains and dastardly deeds. Minimally, it brings to mind the Wicked Witch of the West either in her “I’ll get you my pretties” version from the classic movie or the more recent, just as green, but more melodic...
by Ari Yares | Feb 20, 2017 | Design Thinking, Start Here, The Innovative Dad Blog
One of the best lessons that I learned in graduate school was to ask myself the question, “Do you want to die on that hill?” My advisor would pose that question when it seemed like we were putting on our armor to tilt at a windmill just like Don Quixote. He would...
by Ari Yares | Dec 7, 2017 | Start Here, The Innovative Dad Blog
Good advice can be hard to find. I got two really great pieces of advice in graduate school that have stuck with me. The first was to never to get on the wrong side of the school secretary because she can either make or break your work experience. This was...
